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  • Find Your Folklife: We Are the Folk, All of Us

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    Nevada Historical Society 1650 North Virginia Street, Reno, NV, United States

    This exhibit features 22 photographs of Nevadans dressed to represent different cultural identities, each paired with a photograph of the same person in “everyday” dress as they might appear at home, work, or enjoying recreational activities. These photo pairs have been combined on “lenticular two-flip” panels so that as the viewer approaches, they see just […]

  • Find Your Folklife: We are the Folk, All of Us

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    Eureka County Courthouse 10 S Main St, Eureka, Nevada

    FIND YOUR FOLKLIFE we are the folk, all of us The Nevada Arts Council’s Folklife Friends and Neighbors Initiative is about you—your family, your neighbors, your friends, your community. It’s also about us—who we are as Nevadans navigating the challenges and opportunities of the 21st Century. Folklife, folk arts, and folklore all spring from cultural identity, which comes […]

  • Día de Muertos at the Springs Preserve

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    Springs Preserve 333 S Valley View Blvd, Las Vegas, NV, United States

    Día de Muertos Event Information  Date & Time: Nov. 4-6, 2022, 5 to 9 p.m.  Location: Springs Preserve (Free parking at the Preserve, with overflow parking at Meadows Mall)  Admission: TICKETS ON SALE SEPT. 15. Non-members: $12 adults, $8 children (ages 3-17). Value members: $11 adults, $7 children (ages 3-17). Donor members receive free admission. Free for children […]

    $8 – $12

  • DANCING FOR THE EARTH, DANCING FOR THE PEOPLE

    Stewart Indian School Cultural Center & Museum 1 Jacobsen Avenue, Carson City, NV, United States

    Dancing for the Earth, Dancing for the People: Pow Wow Regalia and Art of the Great Basin at the Great Basin Native Artists Gallery inside the Stewart Indian School Cultural Center & Museum will display contemporary pow wow dance regalia, photography, mixed media sculpture, Great Basin beadwork, digital graphic design and more. This exhibition was […]

    Free

  • Sound of Music: Youth Edition

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    Ely United Methodist Church 1100 South Pioche Hwy., Ely, NV, United States

    Ely Children’s Community Theater Presents: The Sound of Music: Youth Edition Music by RICHARD ROGERS Lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II Book by HOWARD LINDSAY and RUSSEL CROUSE Suggested by “The Trapp Family Singers” by Maria Augusta Trapp Adaptation by TOM BRIGGS and TIMOTHY ALLEN McDONALD The Sound of Music: Youth Edition is presented in arrangement […]

    $8

  • Mark Twain Days

    First Judicial District Court & Carson City Justice/Municipal Court 885 E. Musser St., Carson City, NV, United States

    MARK TWAIN DAYS FESTIVAL | April 21 -23, 2023 A new capital city festival celebrating the life of Mark Twain in Carson City. “Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.” (Mark Twain) CLICK HERE for the event website with full schedule of events including a special Twain Cocktail Train, Bow […]

    Free

  • Sandy Valley Earth Day Water Theme Festival of Art Science Music More

    EARTH DAY SANDY VALLEY NV: Decade of Micro°Fests: Water Celebration 2023 April 22 is Earth Day worldwide and will be joyfully celebrated in Clark County Nevada by honoring those who bravely defended Sandy Valley's local aquifer, with history, art, science and music at their second annual event of a planned decade of micro°fests, 12:00-4:00, rain […]

    Free

  • Ella: Women in the EZLN

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    Sheppard Contemporary 1664 N. Virginia St, Reno, NV, United States

    Ella : Women in the EZLN is an exhibition based on Diana M Espinoza Chamale's Master's thesis: "Decolonizing Mexican American Museums: Exhibiting Indigenous Feminism in the 1994 Zapatista Political Uprising" “Ella: Women in the EZLN” focuses on the roles of the women involved in the Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (EZLN) in Mexico. This bilingual […]

  • Great Basin Scottish Highland Games

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    Sparks Horseman’s Park and Gandolfo Rodeo Arena 2200 Loop Rd, Sparks, NV, United States

    The second annual Great Basin Scottish Highland Games return to Sparks, NV. Hosted by the Northern Nevada Throwing Company, which focuses on bringing the love and heritage of the Scottish Highlands to Northern Nevada through heavy athletics and cultural celebration. WHERE: Gandolfo Arena, 2200 Loop Rd, Sparks, NV 89434 COST: $10.00 per person WHEN: Sat, May 20, 2023, 9:00 am […]

    $10

  • 59th Annual National Basque Festival

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    Join us as we celebrate 59 years of the National Basque Festival! We will be cookin' up your fav Basque grub, mixing the perfect kalimotxo, showing off strength and dancing until the sheep come home. Adding in some games of Mus, golf and handball to spice things up. For the full schedule > https://elkobasqueclub.com/events *schedule […]

  • Presentation: Basque Women’s Migration Experiences in the American West (1848-Present) by Edurne Arostegui

    Basque Museum & Cultural Center 611 W Grove St, Boise, ID, United States

    Join us Thursday, July 13th at 6pm for a presentation entitled "'It took courage alright': Basque Women's Migration Experiences in the American West" by the Museum's very own Edurne Arostegui. She will be presenting her dissertation research before taking a sabbatical to complete the writing process. Free and open to the public. For those of […]

  • Poetry Encounters: English & Spanish

    Fiesta on Wells South Wells Ave, Reno, NV, United States

    August 5th, 2023 Poetry, Short Stories & Books. Poesía, Cuentos & Libros 5 de Agosto del 2023.   Con la participación de escritores Latinx-Hispanos que  se reunen  para leer y discutir sus Poemas, Cuentos, Narrativas y otros escritos bajo la guía de expertos de la Literatura.   Lecturas en Español, Inglés o Spanglish. Además Lectura […]